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News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:09 am

Also posted on Planet Iacon's Facebook page today is a surprise image of Botcon 2012 Exclusive Shattered Glass Optimus Prime. Or so we assume based on the color scheme. This SG Prime is delivered via the Transformers Reveal the Shield G2 Prime. It has not been indicated of this will be an Exclusive add-on figure or this year's freebie. Check out the image below or click here to view Planet Iacon's Facebook page.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:11 am

So SG Prime gets resurrected? Wow, color me surprised. And I have a feeling I'm in the minority with this. :lol:

Wait...

Hold it! What's that rubsign doing there? Is that another one of those KO's?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:19 am

Unexpected. I certainly don't have any need for it. Maybe I can find a way to repurpose it or something.

by **WolfDawg** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:24 am

So they're doing SG Prime...AGAIN? Let me get this straight, they're reusing a character, giving him the same mold as another figure in the set, and haven't even bothered to change his colors (since apparently he's being ressurected). That's...pretty lame. Especially since the Classics Prime mold is leagues better than the RTS Prime mold.

This will probably only appeal to the fans who don't have the original SG Prime. I have the KOLD Double Shattered Glass Prime figure and it works just fine in my small SG collection. This seems like a waste of time to me.

Bring on the SG Junkions in Insecticon colors dammit!

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:31 am

Well, if they have the mold available to them, they may as well make it a new SG Prime. It's good for people who don't have SG Prime and don't want a KO of it.

by **necr0blivion** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:32 am

I hope this is a custom. We already have SG Prime in a better mold! I'd rather have a new mold or character, but oh well.

News Credits: 25 · by **SW's SilverHammer** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:01 pm

necr0blivion wrote:I hope this is a custom. We already have SG Prime in a better mold! I'd rather have a new mold or character, but oh well.

True I have seen a few like this. However this really looks to be Legit and I don't like. god I hate that mold #-o

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:19 pm

I could be wrong but I say....FAKE!!!!

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:21 pm

looks cool but looks are deceiving
interested to find out more about the pic

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:25 pm

I'm pretty sure Octopunch is the freebie for this year. If this is part of a souvenir set I'll be surprised.

by **necr0blivion** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:36 pm

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Well, if they have the mold available to them, they may as well make it a new SG Prime. It's good for people who don't have SG Prime and don't want a KO of it.

I think people who want SG Prime want the Classics version; I'd rather buy (and do own) a KO of that figure than get a new version of SG Prime.

Now, if they wanted to do a Nemesis, I'd be down for it even though I'm not a big fan of the mold. With SG Ultra Magnus utilizing this mold, I just don't think another SG is necessary.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:41 pm

IgnikaMarcus wrote:I'm pretty sure Octopunch is the freebie for this year. If this is part of a souvenir set I'll be surprised.

Voyager figures aren't the freebie figs. Whichever the freebie fig will be, it'll be a deluxe figure.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:53 pm

I honestly believe this is fake. Octopuch looks more legit than this does.

by **Slick_Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:56 pm

That Autobot symbol looks....off somehow. I'm guessing it's fake too.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:58 pm

To me, the tell tale sign of fake is the rubsign on the roof of the cab. Since when has BotCon reinstated them?

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:00 pm

Another thing that gives away that it's a fake, THE RUB SIGN. If this were an actual botcon figure it wouldn't have one on the roof. Ultra Magnus doesn't have one on his roof.

Edit: ninja'd by the post above

by **Slick_Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:16 pm

I better set aside $90-$160 just in case. After market prices are gonna be killer and if that is real, I don't want to be unprepared.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:24 pm

I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.

Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:30 pm

T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.

Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.

It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:35 pm

IgnikaMarcus wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.

Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.

It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?

It's only a white outline, that's the problem. It's not filled in with a different shade of purple.

by **WolfDawg** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:37 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
IgnikaMarcus wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.

Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.

It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?

It's only a white outline, that's the problem. It's not filled in with a different shade of purple.

Did the original SG Prime have a purple Autobot logo that was a different shade than the actual figure?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:41 pm

WolfDawg wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
IgnikaMarcus wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:I don't care about the legitimacy of the thing, it's still a better paint job than the fugly black/blue/red version of the original mainstream release. I hope that whoever came up with that scheme got flogged publicly.

Although I would have preferred that this one had the logo on the hood done in the SG colors rather than white. That would at least have made it more believable.

It's a purple Autobot logo, what more do you want? Almost all insignia for transformers have a white outline. Seriously, where have you been to not know that?

It's only a white outline, that's the problem. It's not filled in with a different shade of purple.

Did the original SG Prime have a purple Autobot logo that was a different shade than the actual figure?

O you bet:

The shade of purple on that SG G2 Prime is slightly too light, then again purples and blues are notoriously hard get right, much less to properly photograph.

Are we the only ones who noticed the rubsign?